Tran Thi Nga (right) holds her son and an anti-China poster as she takes part in an anti-China rally in Hanoi in this photo taken July 8, 2012. Nga was jailed for nine years on July 25, for “anti-state activity,” the second such heavy sentence handed down by the authoritarian state in less than a month. (Photo by Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP)
A British-based rights organization has called upon the Vietnamese government to free an activist and blogger recently sentenced to prison for anti-state activities.
Article 19, a defender of freedom of expression and information, “called for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender and blogger Tran Thi Nga,” who was sentenced to nine years in prison and five years probation on July 25.
Nga, a mother of two, was charged with “spreading propaganda against the state” under Article 88 of the country’s penal code.
“The verdict runs counter to international human rights standards on freedom of expression,” said Article 19 in a statement. “We urge the government to repeal Article 88 and stop criminalizing political dissidents.”
The organization said Article 88 is often evoked to charge human rights bloggers for propaganda, defamation, and producing or storing of materials against the state with up to 12 years imprisonment.
Nga is from Ha Nam Province, near the city of Hanoi. She was accused of posting several videos and articles critical of the government on her personal blog, Facebook and YouTube accounts. Among the information published was material focusing on government violations regarding human rights, environmental pollution and corruption.
The sentencing of Nga came less than one month after the trial of another well-known female human rights activist and blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, also known as “Mother Mushroom.” Quynh was sentenced to 10 years in prison on June 29.
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August 4, 2017
Rights group calls for release of Vietnamese blogger
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Tran Thi Nga sentenced to nine years jail for ‘spreading propaganda against the state’
Tran Thi Nga (right) holds her son and an anti-China poster as she takes part in an anti-China rally in Hanoi in this photo taken July 8, 2012. Nga was jailed for nine years on July 25, for “anti-state activity,” the second such heavy sentence handed down by the authoritarian state in less than a month. (Photo by Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP)
UCA News, August 3, 2017
A British-based rights organization has called upon the Vietnamese government to free an activist and blogger recently sentenced to prison for anti-state activities.
Article 19, a defender of freedom of expression and information, “called for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender and blogger Tran Thi Nga,” who was sentenced to nine years in prison and five years probation on July 25.
Nga, a mother of two, was charged with “spreading propaganda against the state” under Article 88 of the country’s penal code.
“The verdict runs counter to international human rights standards on freedom of expression,” said Article 19 in a statement. “We urge the government to repeal Article 88 and stop criminalizing political dissidents.”
The organization said Article 88 is often evoked to charge human rights bloggers for propaganda, defamation, and producing or storing of materials against the state with up to 12 years imprisonment.
Nga is from Ha Nam Province, near the city of Hanoi. She was accused of posting several videos and articles critical of the government on her personal blog, Facebook and YouTube accounts. Among the information published was material focusing on government violations regarding human rights, environmental pollution and corruption.
The sentencing of Nga came less than one month after the trial of another well-known female human rights activist and blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, also known as “Mother Mushroom.” Quynh was sentenced to 10 years in prison on June 29.